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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE EUROPEAN COLLECTION
                     (LOTS 746-750 INCLUSIVE)

                  歐洲私人珍藏 (拍品第746至750號)

                                             746

                                             A BLUE AND WHITE ‘DRAGON’ VASE
                                             SHUNZHI PERIOD (1644-1661)

                                             清順治 青花雲龍趕珠紋小瓶

                                             The vase is painted to the body with two writhing dragons contesting a faming pearl, below a
                                             band of foral scrolls and stif leaves to the neck.

                                             8√ in. (22.6 cm.) high

                                             £2,500-4,000                                                $3,800-6,100
                                                                                                         €3,400-5,400

                                             PROVENANCE:

                                             Michael Butler Collection (1927-2013).
                                             Property from a European Private Collection.

                                             來源:Michael Butler私人珍藏

                                             747

                                             A BLUE AND WHITE CIRCULAR ‘DRAGON’ BOX AND COVER
                                             LATE 17TH CENTURY

                                             十七世紀末 青花螭龍銜芝紋小蓋盒

                                             The cover is intricately decorated with two dragons amidst scrolling foliage and lingzhi sprigs.
                                             The box is painted to the exterior with similar lingzhi on leafy scrolling tendrils, below a further
                                             delicate band of scrolling foliage to the inner mouth rim.

                                             3¡ in. (8.7 cm.) diam.

                                             £2,000-3,000                                                $3,100-4,500
                                                                                                         €2,800-4,100

                                                                                         PROVENANCE:

                                                           Acquired in London circa 1995.
                                                           Property from a European Private Collection.

                                        來源:約1995年購自倫敦

746

                                                                     747 (another view)

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